Cook v. Presbyterian Homes of Western New York, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiffs’ motion for partial *907summary judgment on the Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action. Lee H. Cook (plaintiff), an electrical technician, injured his back while working on a ladder to repair a light in defendants’ parking lot. Plaintiff testified at his deposition that, while carrying a 20-pound light fixture over his shoulder, his left foot slipped from one rung of the ladder to another, thereby causing injury to his back. In…
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